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Quote from Frederick Douglass,


"Any one having a white face, and being so disposed, could stop us, and subject us to examination. ... When I get there [in Pennsylvania], I shall not be required to have a pass; I can travel without being disturbed."


By:

Frederick Douglass (more quotes by Frederick Douglass or books by/about Frederick Douglass)


[Frederick Baily] (1818-1895), escaped slave, Abolitionist, author, editor of the North Star and later the New National Era

Source:

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself [1845] (Toronto: New American Library, 1968), p. 77 and 93-94

Categories:

Individual Rights, Statism, Travel

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